On TSN.ca, Bob Mckenzie states there is a significant drop after top 9. He includes Nathan Belieau in his drop which I have seen him being taken by the bruins in many mock drafts. He is projected to be a 3-4 defenseman on tsn with PP abilities. He sounds like another james wisniewski.

I want something better than that for a top ten pick.

I keep reading about Murphy and I get excited. I think with Fowler dropping last year, there will be no chance of him falling this year.

I keep reading about Murphy and I get excited. I think with Fowler dropping last year, there will be no chance of him falling this year. Posted by mjhernon

wait wait, let's examine this logic. You think that because Fowler fell almost 13 picks after where he was projected (top 3-5) that there is less of a chance a Murphy will fall in this years draft? Why?

It may happen that Murphy goes off the board earlier than you expect, but not because of some mysterious lesson learned from last year. Cam Fowler fell last year because teams saw more value in the crop in front of them (for the most part, GM's appear to have been right).

I know it's tempting to look for patterns, but i wouldn't put any stock in Cam Fowler's slide.

In Response to Re: Mckenzie states signficant drop after top 9 in draft : I was a Kabanov banana, but not in the first round. I was thinking second round as a gamble. However, please, let us not speak of this Kabanov again. Please.Posted by BadHabitude

I too am a recovering Kabanov-nana...he should remain nameless in this forum forever.

In Response to Re: Mckenzie states signficant drop after top 9 in draft : I too am a recovering Kabanov-nana...he should remain nameless in this forum forever.Posted by Crowls2424

It really is funny, however. Each time I think back to people wanting to move Krejci or Bergeron for the chance to draft the kid in the top 10 and he falls somewhere around #76 (guess, too lazy to look it up).

In Response to Re: Mckenzie states signficant drop after top 9 in draft : It really is funny, however. Each time I think back to people wanting to move Krejci or Bergeron for the chance to draft the kid in the top 10 and he falls somewhere around #76 (guess, too lazy to look it up). And then the kid turns out to be a mess.Posted by Not-A-Shot

I do remember some folks advocating the trading Bergeron for a top-5 pick (Columbus, I believe), but do not recall folks calling for drafting Kabanov there.

I'll walk the plank to say I wanted the B's to pick him, the highest I was willing to go was the B's 2nd 1st Rounder before they traded it to FLA. Kabanov went #65 to the NYI, by the way.

Lesson learned. I now put forth no opinion on players that I have not seen play, rather share points of view from others that have (Mock Drafts), as well as, read the good scouting reports from posters out here that have seen these kids play.

The best part of this coming draft is that, with the Cup run, we haven't had time to be inundated with all of the BS. The draft will be over before we can have too many people advocating Caron, Matt Lashoff's old helmet and the B's fifth round pick to NYI for Tavares. He's RFA, ya know.

Well, one thing about Kabanov... they have him listed as 176. When I saw him at the rookie game last year he looked ridiculously thin even with all of his equipment on. There was some false advertising going on somewhere, there's no way that he weighs 176, more like 156.

The best part of this coming draft is that, with the Cup run, we haven't had time to be inundated with all of the BS. The draft will be over before we can have too many people advocating Caron, Matt Lashoff's old helmet and the B's fifth round pick to NYI for Tavares. He's RFA, ya know.Posted by Not-A-Shot

Have to admit you are right about that.

I was a chucklehead about Kabanov, but then there were those total idiots last year who insisted we had to trade up to get Hall.

In Response to Re: Mckenzie states signficant drop after top 9 in draft : It really is funny, however. Each time I think back to people wanting to move Krejci or Bergeron for the chance to draft the kid in the top 10 and he falls somewhere around #76 (guess, too lazy to look it up). And then the kid turns out to be a mess.Posted by Not-A-Shot

Most of those folks likely hadn't even seen the kid play very much whether live or on TV. I was overly familiar with Kabanov's game, both on and off of the ice since he played an hour away in Moncton. I think you'd be hard pressed to find anything positive that I've ever said about him.He was always a bigger dink than he was a scorer. Everyone yearns for the next Pavel Bure. Kabanov is closer to the next Pavel Brendl. He'll probably have a decent career in the KHL.

RNH Larsson Landeskog Huberdeau Hamilton Couturier Strome Zibanejad Murphy Pretty much every year someone is a surprise pick early...Wheeler anyone? Most rankings I've seen don't have anyone else in the top 9. I'd be fine with any of these guys for sure.Posted by derrickmorin

I've seen Beaulieu, Bastschi and Siemens get mixed into the top 9. I don't like Zibanejad, otherwise I agree, any of those guys would be ok.

I still like the kid. I always said if he got his head straightened out he'd be a good hockey player. Seems he's grown up a bit, like all teenagers do. Humanitarian nomination Playoff numbers 15 8 12 20 Coach thinks "he's probably one of the best players in the league". Btw, does anyone know what Knights playoff numbers were?Posted by bim09